A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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(Sumquhare,) Somequhair, Some-where, adv. [ME and e.m.E. summwhoer (Orm), somwar (1297), sum wher (a1310), somewhare (Trevisa), sumqwhare (Cath. Angl.); Sum(e adj. and Quhare adv.] In or at some unspecified place or places. Also with the correlative other-where. — 16.. Rudiments 14b.
Thire adverbs doe ansuere to Quher heere, there [etc.] … in quhat place soeuer, somequhair, everyquhair, no where — 1632 Lithgow Trav. x 493.
A regall commission … beeing some-where obeyed and other-where suspended
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